Joanna Lumley
Birthday: 1946-05-01
Place of Birth: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Biography: Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Lumley's other television credits include The New Avengers (1976–1977), Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982), Sensitive Skin (2005–2007), Jam & Jerusalem (2006–2008) and Finding Alice (2021–present) as well as playing Elaine Perkins in Coronation Street in 1973. Her film appearances include On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Shirley Valentine (1989), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She had roles in two episodes of Are You Being Served? (1973–1975) written by Jeremy Lloyd, whom she had married and divorced three years prior to her first appearance on the show. Lumley is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign. She supports charities and animal welfare groups, such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals. Lumley was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.
Movies
James and the Giant Peach
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possess...
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Corpse Bride
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworl...
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The House That Dripped Blood
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house....
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Prince Valiant
An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by...
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Cold Comfort Farm
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphane...
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The Cat's Meow
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Ran...
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satani...
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Maybe Baby
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, mat...
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Ella Enchanted
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous...
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Curse of the Pink Panther
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for hi...
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Attenborough at 90
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of ...
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Joanna Lumley and the Human Swan
This inspiring film sees Joanna Lumley travel around the UK following adventurer Sacha Dench as she ...
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The Magic Roundabout
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journ...
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Mad Cows
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newl...
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Joanna Lumley: My Best Bits - In My Own Words
Dame Joanna Lumley offers a first-person retrospective of her most memorable screen roles....
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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
The illustrator and author paints scenes from a 70-year-long career, including his work with Roald D...
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A Rather English Marriage
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after ...
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Shirley Valentine
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds h...
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Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Whispers, an innocent and adorable baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, f...
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Innocent Lies
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate t...
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating ...
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Late Bloomers
Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the thr...
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The Wolf of Wall Street
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on...
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The Ballad of Tam Lin
Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorc...
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy f...
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Counting Tigers
This special feature showcases the intricacies of monitoring tigers in India and highlighting the po...
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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Comedy icon Joanna Lumley pursues a life-long dream to track down the elusive and beautiful Northern...
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The Tale of Sweeney Todd
The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neigh...
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Nancherrow
The basic story involves Loveday's struggle to keep the estate Nancherrow in the family after the de...
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Coming Home
Drama about the Dunar and Carey-Lewis families, before during and after WW2....
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The Making of a Lady
Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhur...
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The Breaking of Bumbo
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in...
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Gangsta Granny
A young boy is bored spending time with his dull grandma until he discovers she's an international J...
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She's Funny That Way
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and ...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle o...
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Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who...
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How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage....
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Boogie Woogie
In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he h...
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career....
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My Week with Maisy
Mrs Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably a...
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where h...
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Absolutely Anything
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving....
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exp...
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Games That Lovers Play
Joanna Lumley and Penny Brahms star as notorious prostitutes Fanny Hill and Lady Chatterley faced wi...
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his dead...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspecto...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they're accustomed to; shop...
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Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Joanna Lumley travels to the USA to follow in the King of Rock 'n' Roll's footsteps....
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Bette Midler: One Night Only
Joanna Lumley hosts Bette Midler: One Night Only to celebrate 50 years of a divine career of The Div...
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Girl Friday
Glamorous actress Joanna Lumley undergoes a week's hardship on an isolated island off the coast of M...
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Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
In search of the truth behind the story of Noah's Flood, Joanna Lumley and her team examine the theo...
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Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am
Joanna Lumley is on a mission to get to know the elusive, slightly eccentric front man of the Black ...
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets charact...
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Me Before You
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair...
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Finding Your Feet
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair....
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The Snowman Live Stage Show
The stage version of Raymond Briggs’ much-loved book has been delighting children everywhere since i...
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Stories of Lost Souls
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to ove...
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Standing Room Only
A group of theatre-goers wait in line to see a show by the "Man of a Thousand Faces". Throughout the...
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Parting Shots
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only thr...
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past....
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context fro...
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Some Girls Do
A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the w...
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Paddington 2
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect pr...
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And the Winner Isn't
A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, ...
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Wogan on Wodehouse
Terry Wogan looks at the life and work of the writer P.G. Wodehouse, including interviews from rarel...
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EuroTrip
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his fr...
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The Weather in the Streets
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into fi...
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Joanna and Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
Ab Fab stars Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley share 25 years of friendship. The two funny ladies he...
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK b...
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7 Up & Me
In celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking docum...
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Electric Blue - The Movie
A compilation of clips, hosted by Marilyn Chambers, taken from the 'Electric Blue' series of video t...
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The Genius of Roald Dahl
David Walliams explores the magic behind the storytelling of Roald Dahl, one of the world's most suc...
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In Search of Dracula
Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep com...
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20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
Exclusive performances and behind-the-scenes footage of the band...
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Falling for Figaro
A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her life...
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The Plank
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site....
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Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years
Featuring a whole host of Coronation Street stars past and present, this special explores the legacy...
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
In a profile pic-obsessed, filter-fixated world where online and reality blur, influencer Dorian Gra...
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Mirrorball
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjac...
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Twiggy
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down me...
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In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
A tribute to Kenny Everett broadcast after his death from AIDS in 1995. Comprising of many of his cl...
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The Man You're Not
Charlie is unlucky in love. After a string of failed relationships where he is told he is "too nice"...
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Netflix Tudum 2025
Celebrate your favorite shows and movies at this star-studded, live global fan event with special pe...
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
For 15 years, Roger Winstanley has been haunted by an unsettling, recurring dream: an invitation to ...
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My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Celebrity admirers of Attenborough's work (including Joanna Lumley, Björk and several presenters and...
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Frank and Percy
During their dog walks on Hampstead Heath, two older gentlemen find their conversations about everyd...
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The Brave Little Squire
Mickey dreams of being a knight, but when he is chosen to be Sir Mortimer's squire, he discovers his...
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